effrontit

English

Etymology

French effronté.

Adjective

effrontit (comparative more effrontit, superlative most effrontit)

  1. (obsolete) Marked by impudence; shameless.
    • 1612, Jeremy Taylor, The Scvller Rowing From Tiber To Thames:
      From men besotted he doth honour steale, And yet with his effrontit shamelesse face, Seemes to command the diuell that gaue him place.

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